Stove door assembly



Nov. 21, 1939.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 2l, 1939 Unire The invention relates to a stove door that is hinged and spring controlled, of which the more common type is the well known in which 'the connections when the door is closed.

rlhe object strengthen and sembly. l

The invention can generally best by reference to the drawings in which- 1Eig. l is a rear elevati embodying the invention,

away to show interior parts.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a fragmentary partl or the construction shown Fig. 3 is a section line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 shows in perspective one of the hinge elements attachable to a fra Fig. 5 shows in perspective a fragmentary part of the frame bar to which the element shown in Fig. 4 is attached.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation partly in element shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 shows in ments attachable to the parts of the door to which I represents the frame various openings in it including a doorway 2. This doorway is closed by a drop of which the present invention pertains.

The door is one arranged to close against the frame l or rather against that form the part of the the doorway. Above an generally arranged panels, of which the and 6 are examples.

snugly adjacent the edges and panels cooperating to to the stove.

The door 3 made of sh back or lining plate 8, an plate 9.

Wardly removed from the are provided each with an which assists in reinforcing vides, also, support for some nections later to be refer of the invention is to simplify,

on a reduced scale on the perspective one of the hinge ele- These panels are shown in order to indicate that the edges of the'door lie I represents the edges of the door formed by overlapping anges extending from the side edges of the respective plates.

The back 8 of the door is relatively heavy metal, and on the inside is reinforced at either side by strips l2, I2. These strips run parallel with the sides STOVE DOOR ASSENIBLY Clarence F. Wiley, Norton, Mass., assigner to Glenwood Range Company, Taunton, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts` Application November 4, 1938, Serial No. 238,719

6 Claims. (Cl. 126-191) of the back plate and by braces l, i The bottom ed rate points drop door, and one are entirely concealed improve the whole asback plate il. Adjacent i3', i3 of the strips l2, i

be seen and understood edge of the plate 8 are l5 which are on of a door assembly plate. a portion being broken stove, or rather to the part of the frame at in Fig. 1.

frame b frame bar and to the' me bar of the stove.

ments for the door frame-bar l1. These v turally and` each is `died out single blank ofsheet metal.

section of the V and curved arms 29, 2E par relation to each other, door, and fragmentary it is attached.

of the stove having preferably Such that extending through the door 3, to the control of the panels, the door impart a panelled front eet metal has a dished d a panel forming face welded to it.

The elements I8, preferably made of theopenings i5, i5 in of the door, lying inside edges thereof, and outturnedlange I3 the strip and proof the hinge conto. The strips are to provide bearings for of the elements on the pivotal bearings for th red carried by the door.-

tion. Back `of thev arms 2 ing web, the element has ange forming edges 23 which, in the applied element bear against i8 are mounted upon the frame bar l1 in positions which correspond with order that the door may vt ments and conceal them wh The elements are, also, so

by the-door for the pins 22,

Welded to the back plate. Furtherreinforcement applied strips is provided fi welded to the plate and strips.

ge ofthe door is cut away atrsepato provide openings l5, l5, and these '5 openings are continued a short distance into the these openings the anges 2, and alsoI the flanged reinforced by bent strips welded to the flanges and edge of the l The door 3 is hinged directly to the frame of the frame bar il forming the the bottom of the doorway. The hinged connections between the door and 15 ar comprise elements secured both to the door, and these elements are entirely concealed when the door is closed.

i8, i8 represent those of the hinge forming elewhich are secured to the Y'20 elements are alike strucand bent up from a Each element has allelly arranged in spaced and connected by a web 25 2l common-.to both. Each set of arms bears a pin 22 passed through them with engagement those portions of the pin arms will be reduced in diameter and headed, on which account the pin @'30 will be securely held in place and will assist the a proper spaced relationand prevent their separail, 2G, and their connectbar when the element is cured thereto. The xing frame bar is accomplished the element which extend o through the frame bar l1.

these slits the tongues are bent down into engagement with the bar and the edge of the door in down over these eleen the door is closed. precisely disposed as hinge elements borne 22 borne by the arms frame bar l1 forming the e hinge forming elements 'to the and arranged to engage the pins 22, 21, 21 of bars 28, 28 fixed to the flanges I3, I3 on the strips I2, I2 which reinforce the back plate 8 of the door. These forked ends ofthe bars are made of a width to fit snugly between the arms 20, 2B of the elements I8 for holding the door in place against lateral displacement. 'Ihe door pivots, or turns, by the forked ends 21, 21 of the bars 28, 28 turning upon the pins 22, 22, and the forked ends of the bars are applied to the pins simply by a thrust movement. In other words, the door itself is applied to make its pivotal or hinge connection simply by a thrust movement which bringsthe forked ends of the bars into hinged or pivotal engagement with the pins on which they turn. With the hinged or pivotal connections thus obtained the axis on which the door turns lies within the door between the plates of which it is composed. The axis lies, also, outwardly displaced from the frame bar `I1 on which the door is mounted to turn, and inset from the bottom edge of the door. As the door turns from a closed to an open position the bottom edge of the door will turn forwardly and upwardly on an arc around the axis of the door. In the mounting of the door it is necessary that the pins 22, 22 on which the door is turning shall be sufliciently spaced from the frame bar I1 as to permit of such turning. It is also necessary that the axis of the door should be so positioned with relation to the bottom edge of the door that when the door is closed its bottom edge will not engage the edge of the adjacent panel 3 and will lie properly positioned in relation'to it. rIhis end is secured by adjustably securing the bars 28, 23 to the flanges I3, I3, and this adjustable retention is preferably obtained by attaching the bars to the flanges by screws 29 which pass through slots 33 in the bars and thread into the strips. This permits ofthe bars 28, 28, when the'screws are tightened, being secured in any desired properly adjusted position.

Fixed to the door offset from the points of its hinge connections and lying within the angles between the sides of the door and its bottom so as to be aligned with the bars 5 and 6 of the frame, are arms 32 which extend, respectively, through slots 33 in the back plate 8 and slots 34 in the frame bars 21 and 31. The fixing of these arms to the door is obtained by the attachment of the arms to the bars 28, 28 which are attached to the door as aforesaid. Each of the bars 28, 28 is an angle bar, one section being adjustably attached to the door and the othersection bearing against the back plate 8 of the door and it is to this section that the arm 32 is secured preferably by integral connection. In fact each angle bar 28, its forked end 21, and the arm 32 carried by it, are all died out and formed from a single blank.

The arms 32 render through the slots 34 in the frame bars as the door is opened and closed. The arms are downwardly curved arms and turn on an arc substantially co-axial with the axis of the door, Fixed to the ends of the arms are spring connections 35, the ends of which are secured within the stove to the frame bars 36 at the bottom thereof. The arms and spring connections operate to hold the door closed and to return it to a closed position when open. The tension of the springs through the arms operate, also, after the door is hung to maintain the hinge connections between the door and the elements fixed to the frame on which the door is turning by maintaining engagement between the forked ends 21, 21 borne by the door and the pins 22, 22

Formed 22 are the forked ends borne by the frame, for, as previously described, engagement between these parts is initially obtained simply by a thrust movement. The door may be lifted off after disconnecting the springs.

The door is held in a full open position by engagement between the arms 32, 32 and the side bars 21 and 31 of the frame. As the door is opened the arms 32, 32 will draw through the slots 34, 34 in the frame bars 2l and 31 until the full opening of the door when edges 31, 31 on the arms will engage the frame bars at points lying above the slots 34, 34 therein, whereupon the door will be maintained in its full open position.

I claim:

l. In a stove having a frame formed with a doorway combination comprising elements fixed to the frame in spaced relation to each other adjacent said doorway and providing an axis outwardly displaced from said frame, a door for said doorway closing against the frame, said door having spaced openings in the edge thereof by which the door may fit over said elements attached to the frame concealing them when the door is closed, elements within the door fixed thereto adapted and arranged to have hinged engagement with said elements fixed to the frame through thrust engagement therewith whereby the door is hung to turn on said axis, and tension means functioning to maintain said hinged engagement of the door and for holding the door closed and for returning it to a closed position when open.

2. In a stove having a frame formed with a doorway the combination comprising elements fixed to the frame in spaced relation to each other, each of said elements including spaced arms and a pin borne by said arms, said pins for the respective elements providing an axis outwardly displaced from said frame, a door for said doorway closing against the frame, said door having spaced openings in the edge thereof by which the door may t over said elements attached to the frame concealing them when the door is closed, elements within the door fixed `thereto having forked ends adapted to fit vbef tween the spaced arms of said respective ele" ments fixed to the frame and have engagement with the pins carried by said arms for hingedly hanging said door, and tension means functioning to maintain engagement between said forked ends and said pins and for holding the door closed and for returning it to a closed position when open.

3. In astove having a frame formed with a doorway the combination comprising elements fixed to the frame in spaced relation to each other adjacent said doorway and including parts providing an axis outwardly displaced from said frame, a door for said doorway closing against the frame, elements within the door fixed thereto adapted and arranged to have hinged engagement with said axial forming parts fixed to the frame whereby the door will pivotally turn thereon and an edge portion of said door overlap and conceal said elements fixed to the frame, and

means for adjustably securing thereto said elements fixed to the door, whereby the overlap of the door in relation to said elements fixed to the frame may be adjustably determined.

4. In a stove having a frame formed with a Y, doorway the combination comprising elements xed to the frame in spaced relation to each other adjacent said doorway and providing an axis Youtwardly displaced from said frame, a door for said.V doorway closing against the frame, 4said door having spaced openings in the edge thereof by which the door may t over said elements attached to the frame concealing them when the door is closed, elements within the door iixed thereto adapted and arranged to have hinged engagement with said elements iixed to the frame through thrust engagement therewith whereby the door is hung to turn on said axis, and means for maintaining the hinge forming engagement between said elements when the door is closed or open and during the opening and closure thereof.

5. In a stove having a frame formed with a doorway the combination comprising elements iixed to the frame in spaced relation to each other adjacent said doorway and including pins providing an axis outwardly displaced from said frame, a door for said doorway closing against the frame, said door having spaced openings in the edge thereof by which the door may t over said elements attached to the frame concealing them when the door is closed, elements within the door fixed thereto and adapted and arranged to have hinged engagement with said pins fixed to the frame through thrust engagement therewith for hingedly hanging said door, and means for maintaining the hinge forming engagement between said elements when the door is closed or open and during the opening and closure thereof.

6. In a stove having a frame formed with a doorway and spaced sets of slits formed in the frame adjacent said doorway, elements attached to the frame at points dened by said slits, each of said elements comprising a bent piece having spaced arms parallelly arranged with tongues at the back extending through said slits `in the frame and secured withinthe frame, and pins borne by said arms, a door forv said doorway closing against .the frame, said doorway having spaced openings in the edge thereof by which the door may t over said elements attached to the frame concealing them when the door is closed, elements within the door xed thereto having forked ends adapted to fit between the spaced arms of said respective elements fixed to the frame and have engagement with the pins carried by said arms for hingedly hanging said door, and means for maintaining the hinge forming engagement between said elements when the door is closed or open and during the opening and closure thereof.

CLARENCE F. WILEY. 

